7
They have rebelled against the LORD; for they have begotten strange sons; now a month shall devour them with their portions.
8
Blow ye the shofar in Gibeah
and the trumpet in Ramah; sound the drum in Bethaven; after thee, O Benjamin.
9
Ephraim shall be made desolate
in the day of chastisement; in the tribes of Israel I made known
my truth.
10
The princes of Judah were like those that move the boundaries;
therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
11
Ephraim
is oppressed
and broken in judgment because he wanted to walk after commandments.
12
Therefore I
will be unto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
13
And Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound;
then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
14
For I
will be unto Ephraim as a lion and as a young lion to the house of Judah; I,
even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and there shall be no one
left to escape.
15
I will go
and return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their affliction they will seek me early.